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Archive for February, 2009

I think I just wrote the final sentences of my thesis. They draw on my new title, and I admit, they are something of a call to arms. Here they are:

“The unraveling of journalism has gone on for far too long. It has damaged too many individuals, institutions, and democratic ideals. It is time to begin, in earnest, the long and difficult process of networking the news.”

One of the news organizations I spent the last three years studying– studying really, really closely, Philadelphia Media Holdings, owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com– has filed for Ch. 11.

I’m sort of speechless. Not surprised, not at all, but — man. Thinking about all the people I know there– all the friends I have there. Wow.